Civil War Monument - Perrysburg,Ohio
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JIMBOBWE
N 41° 33.663 W 083° 37.845
17T E 280627 N 4604384
The figure on the pedestal is a flag bearer, or color-bearer, in a Civil War uniform. An inscription below says,"A tribute to the soldiers and sailors of Perrysburg Township, 1901". Emblems of the various branches of the military are on each.....
Waymark Code: WM5F0B
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 12/30/2008
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The figure on the pedestal is a flag bearer, or color-bearer, in a Civil War uniform. An inscription below says, "A tribute to the soldiers and sailors of Perrysburg Township, 1901". Emblems of the various branches of the military are on each of the four sides of the supporting base.
The question then was where to put it. During the fund-raising campaign a group of men happened to have purchased the lot where the statue now stands. The lot extends from Front Street all the way down to the riverbank. In turn, the lot was purchased by John Hood, a retired farmer who was born Scotland and who lived at 377 West Second Street. The Hood family was part of a group of immigrants who, in Buffalo, New York, in 1833, accidentally met up with Captain David Wilkison of Perrysburg. Wilkison, then in command of the lake schooner, Eagle, induced them to come and settle here.
John Hood lived frugally and was known as a kind and charitable man who sought anonymity for his benevolence. He paid $1,200 for the lot and then quietly donated it to the Village. His desire for anonymity was almost fully realized in that for many years the park was commonly just called Monument Park.
At the unveiling ceremonies on May 24, 1902, about 1,000 people were on hand, including school children and the Toledo Railway & Light Company band which strung incandescent lights from the company's power line to the bandstand.
This was a thrill, for electric lights were new to people here. Civil War General I. R. Sherwood of Toledo was the main speaker.
Date Installed or Dedicated: 05/24/1902
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Union
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Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Not listed
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